How To Install byteman on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install byteman on Rocky Linux 8.
What is byteman
Byteman is a tool which simplifies tracing and testing of Java programs. Byteman allows you to insert extra Java code into your application, either as it is loaded during JVM startup or even after it has already started running. The injected code is allowed to access any of your data and call any application methods, including where they are private. You can inject code almost anywhere you want and there is no need to prepare the original source code in advance nor do you have to recompile, repackage or redeploy your application. In fact you can remove injected code and reinstall different code while the application continues to execute.
We can use yum or dnf to install byteman on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install byteman.
Install byteman on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install byteman using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install byteman
Install byteman on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install byteman using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install byteman
How To Uninstall byteman on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the byteman package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove byteman
byteman Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/bmcheck
/usr/bin/bminstall
/usr/bin/bmjava
/usr/bin/bmsubmit
/usr/share/byteman/bin/bmcheck
/usr/share/byteman/bin/bminstall
/usr/share/byteman/bin/bmjava
/usr/share/byteman/bin/bmsubmit
/usr/share/byteman/contrib/jboss-modules-system
/usr/share/byteman/contrib/jboss-modules-system/byteman-jboss-modules-plugin.jar
/usr/share/byteman/lib/byteman-install.jar
/usr/share/byteman/lib/byteman-sample.jar
/usr/share/byteman/lib/byteman-submit.jar
/usr/share/byteman/lib/byteman.jar
/usr/share/doc/byteman
/usr/share/doc/byteman/README
/usr/share/java/byteman
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman-agent.jar
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman-install.jar
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman-jboss-modules-plugin.jar
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman-jigsaw.jar
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman-layer.jar
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman-sample.jar
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman-submit.jar
/usr/share/java/byteman/byteman.jar
/usr/share/licenses/byteman
/usr/share/licenses/byteman/copyright.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/byteman.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-agent.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-install.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-jboss-modules-plugin.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-jboss-modules.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-jigsaw.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-layer.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-root.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-sample.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman-submit.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/byteman.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/byteman/tests.pom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install byteman on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.